Sunday, October 29, 2017
Les Vêpres Siciliennes is an epic undertaking by the Royal Opera. Spanning five acts and four hours, it is somewhat of a marathon, where against all the odds the performers continue to batt…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:33AMMonday, July 31, 2017
Alice (Olivia Williams) and Jenny (Olivia Coleman) live completely contrasting lives, geographically and intellectually. Alice lives in Geneva, is a mother and a scientist working on the dev…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:42PMMonday, July 24, 2017
Chinese Whispers – a play exploring the “bizarre life of Sir Edmund Backhouse” – is a difficult production to define. As it attempts to guide us through the audacious swindles of thi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:36AMWednesday, May 31, 2017
Emma Rice’s “Summer of Love” at Shakespeare’s Globe proves to be her farewell season as Artistic Director. And what a farewell her Twelfth Night has turned out to be. Rice invites yo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:36AMMonday, May 15, 2017
With the current state of political affairs, discussions of post-truth, fake news, and green aliens in body suits running the country, it feels very poignant for Love & Will Productions…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:33AMThursday, May 11, 2017
Live sheep are being paraded around the stage. I would be surprised, but considering this opera’s surrealist inspirations, one should come expecting the unexpected. From the appearance of …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:12PMMonday, May 1, 2017
A black cloth, torn and irregular, is suspended over the stage of Shakespeare’s Globe – reminiscent of a foreboding spider’s web. From the very beginning, this ominous material hangs o…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:31PMMonday, April 24, 2017
The stage is dark for several minutes. Almost unrecognisably, light begins to seep into the performance space, gradually revealing the cast of the National Youth Dance Company submerged unde…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:48PMWednesday, April 12, 2017
A platform for the prominence of female characters, playwrights and issues, Women Redressed is an intriguing feminist theatre festival produced by Sheer Height Theatre. In its fourth instalm…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:12AMFriday, February 17, 2017
The stage is dressed with a plethora of brown. From brown leather sofas to brown wooden wall cladding, the colour scheme sets an expectation of a warm, cosy, and intimate setting. This expec…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:18PMThursday, February 16, 2017
Two men eat lit candles. A live chicken in paraded around the stage and is left to feed off a smashed watermelon. A vase of flowers is emptied into the skirt of one performer’s gown. A wom…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:48AMMonday, February 13, 2017
One would not normally compare the plights of the British Army in the Battle of Agincourt and WWI. Yet despite the obvious contrasting features – the former casting the English as aggresso…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:24PMThursday, January 19, 2017
Resolution 2017 is the 28th edition of the celebrated platform for emerging contemporary dance choreographers. With a different triple-bill every night for just over a month, Resolution prov…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:18PMFriday, December 2, 2016
With Christmas just around the corner, many of the audience at the Bridge House Theatre may be able to empathise with protagonist Carole’s disdain for the commercialism of the season. “I…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:36AMTuesday, November 29, 2016
The stage is set with an unlikely assortment of objects. A utilitarian platform, instruments, ladders, wiring and microphones conjure thoughts of a warehouse. It is as if the backstage of th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:06PMSunday, November 20, 2016
English National Ballet (ENB) are fast becoming one of the most intriguing companies at work in the UK today. Under the artistic direction of Tamara Rojo, they have collaborated with choreog…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:02PMThursday, November 17, 2016
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” The infamous Austen quotation rings throughout Richmond Theatre as…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:36AMThursday, November 10, 2016
It is not every day that an audience member enters the world’s oldest surviving music hall and is confronted with staging adorned with aggressive graffiti. This juxtaposition of antiquated…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:36PMSaturday, November 5, 2016
It is irrefutable that choreographer, Charlotte Vincent, is passionate about her subject. The Place’s bar is filled with pre-show information and activities that encourage the audience to …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:48AMSaturday, October 29, 2016
As we enter the intimate auditorium above The Hen and Chicken pub in Islington, raucous jazz music fills our ears. We are confronted with a simplistic set reminiscent of a stereotypical Lond…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:12AMTuesday, October 25, 2016
Originally the protagonist of Carlo Collodi’s book set in 19th Century Italy, and then the eponymous star of the Disney classic, Pinocchio is a fairytale character that many of us remember…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:20PMSaturday, October 15, 2016
As you enter the Jack Studio Theatre, he’s there. Bleach blonde wig in place, he dances around on an office chair accompanied by the Flying Lizards’ ‘Money’. Already inciting an atmo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:07PMTuesday, October 11, 2016
“The stumbling blocks of our teenage years where emotions and friends rule” are the focus of Erik Kaiel’s O Snap, a piece of dance theatre aimed at children from age ten and up. Moment…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:50PMErik Kaiel’s company – Arch 8 Dancers – have hit Dance Umbrella 2016 with a programme of three contrasting works aimed at younger audiences. Tetris – the first of the three – encom…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:44AMSaturday, October 8, 2016
Ballet Black, founded by Cassa Pancho in 2001, aims to provide dancers of Black and Asian descent with inspiring opportunities in Classical Ballet. It is an unfortunate fact that classical b…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:16AMThursday, October 6, 2016
Carlos Acosta, world famous Cuban ballet prodigy is hanging up his ballet shoes and bidding farewell to the demands of Classical performance. It feels as if he’s been saying goodbye foreve…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:05AMMonday, October 3, 2016
Natalia Osipova has followed the lead of French prima-ballerina Sylvie Guillem by throwing herself into the world of contemporary dance in her first self-commissioned programme. Supported by…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:15PMMonday, September 19, 2016
“In a land where anything is possible, no imagination is too big for our dream factory. Not even yours.” This is the claim made by House of Stray Cats in the description of their lates…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:21AMSunday, September 18, 2016
Gallows Rope seeks to explore issues peculiar to twenty-first century London. Solitary existence, overpopulation, and Londoner’s inability to communicate with people sat opposite them are…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:12PMSunday, September 11, 2016
Upon entry I’m handed a badge. “Dreams are free motherfuckers” it says, setting the tone for the evening’s proceedings. The UK premiere of punkplay at the Southwark Playhouse aims &#…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:21PMSaturday, September 10, 2016
As I walk into the Arcola Theatre for my latest review, I jokingly contemplate that How to Date a Feminist would be the perfect first date for proud gender egalitarians such as myself. What …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:28AM 
